This blog has been produced by Cara Ginter, Research Assistant, working with Dr. Jarvis Brownlie, Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. It is part of a community-based project on the gendered impacts of hydro dams on Indigenous communities in Manitoba.
We would like to acknowledge the guidance and knowledge we continue to receive from our research partners, who include:
- Dr. Ramona Neckoway (Nisichiwayasihk Cree Nation; Associate Vice-President Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation at University College of the North)
- Ellen Cook (Misipawistik Cree Nation, Cree Elder and language teacher; Co-Chair of Interchurch Council on Hydropower)
- Hilda Dysart (Cree Elder, O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation)
- Shirley Ducharme (Chief, O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation)
- Jennie Wastesicoot (Chemawawin Cree Nation; Assistant Professor, University College of the North)
- Martina Saunders (York Factory First Nation)
- Ila Disbrowe (Tataskweyak Cree Nation)
- Gail Ledoux (Misipawistik Cree Nation)
- Betty Lou Halcrow (Pimicikamak Cree Nation)
- Dr. Aimée Craft (University of Ottawa)
- Dr. Myrle Ballard (Lake St. Martin First Nation; University of Alberta)
- Dr. Asfia Kamal (University College of the North)
- Dr. Roewan Crowe (University of Winnipeg)
Jarvis Brownlie would also like to acknowledge the following teachers who have shaped his understanding of hydro impacts specifically and colonization more broadly:
- Les Dysart
- Robert Spence
- Dave Scott
- Doris Young
- Noah Massan
- Ivan Moose
- Sylvia Saysewahum McAdam
Would you like to learn more about this project? Please contact us. Have you been impacted by a Manitoba Hydro project? Tell us your story!